§5.17.1ingens inde haberi captivus vates coeptus, eumque adhibere tribuni militum Cornelius Postumiusque ad prodigii Albani procurationem ac deos rite placandos coepere;
From that time, the captive prophet began to be held in great esteem, and the military tribunes Cornelius and Postumius began to employ him for the expiation of the Alban portent and for properly appeasing the gods.
§5.17.2inventumque tandem est, ubi neglectas caerimonias intermissumve sollemne dii arguerent: nihil profecto aliud esse quam magistratus vitio creatos Latinas sacrumque in Albano monte non rite concepisse.
And at last it was discovered where the gods were censuring neglected ceremonies or interrupted annual rites: it was indeed nothing other than that the magistrates, having been elected with a flaw in the auspices, had not properly proclaimed the Latin Festival and the sacrifice on the Alban Mount.
§5.17.3unam expiationem eorum esse, ut tribuni militum abdicarent se magistratu, auspicia de integro repeterentur et interregnum iniretur.
Their only expiation was that the military tribunes should abdicate their office, the auspices be taken anew from the beginning, and an interregnum be entered upon.
§5.17.4ea ita facta sunt ex senatus consulto.
These things were so done in accordance with a decree of the senate.
interreges tres deinceps fuere: L. Valerius, Q. Servilius Fidenas, M. Furius Camillus.
There were three interreges in succession: Lucius Valerius, Quintus Servilius Fidenas, and Marcus Furius Camillus.
§5.17.5numquam desitum interim turbari comitia interpellantibus tribunis plebis, donec convenisset prius, ut maior pars tribunorum militum ex plebe crearetur.
Meanwhile, there was never any end to the disturbance of the assemblies by the intervention of the tribunes of the plebs, until it had first been agreed that the majority of the military tribunes should be elected from the plebeians.
quae dum aguntur, §5.17.6concilia Etruriae ad fanum Voltumnae habita, postulantibusque Capenatibus ac Faliscis, ut Veios communi animo consilioque omnes Etruriae populi ex obsidione eriperent, §5.17.7responsum est antea se id Veientibus negasse, quia, unde consilium non petissent super tanta re, auxilium petere non deberent; nunc iam pro se fortunam suam illis negare.
While these things were going on, the councils of Etruria were held at the shrine of Voltumna; and when the Capenates and Faliscans demanded that all the peoples of Etruria should, with common resolve and counsel, rescue Veii from siege, the reply was given that they had previously refused this to the Veientines because they ought not to seek aid from those from whom they had not sought counsel in so great a matter; and now indeed, on their own behalf, their own fortune denied it to them.
§5.17.8maxime in ea parte Etruriae consedisse gentem invisitatam; novos accolas Gallos esse, cum quibus nec pax satis fida nec bellum pro certo sit.
Furthermore, an unfamiliar nation had settled in that part of Etruria; the Gauls were their new neighbors, with whom there was neither a sufficiently reliable peace nor a certainty of war.
§5.17.9sanguini tamen nominique et praesentibus periculis consanguineorum id dari, ut, si qui iuventutis suae voluntate ad id bellum eant, non inpediant.
Let it be granted, however, to the blood, the name, and the immediate dangers of their kinsmen, that if any of their young men wished to go to that war of their own free will, they would not prevent them.
§5.17.10eum magnum advenisse hostium numerum fama Romae erat; eoque mitescere discordiae intestinae metu communi, ut fit, coepere.
There was a rumor at Rome that this great multitude of enemies had arrived; and therefore, as usually happens, internal discords began to soften through common fear.